July 4, 2007

Database users vs Database Admins

Today I read the great, funny post of Jeff Hunter at his blog So What Co-operative . I think the situation he told, will never get changed. No matter how much you improved the performance, Database users (I call them Others just like LOST .. ) would never get fully satisfied from your work. The golden rules always remain still.

Database users are just like women, they will always want more.
(I am not a misogynist, do not hate me, I never met a woman who doesn’t want more :) )

If you ever run a sql 100 times and 99 of them lasts only 1 second and only one of them lasts 5 minutes, then they would nevertheless come up with the idea that the database is slow. They will never look at the bright side :( When they experience any slowness for just only one time, it would be very hard for you to erase this experience from their minds.

This is the reality of DBA business. Do not get angry to the “others”, do what Jeff did (Say them “I need to get back to my office, call me if you have any problems.” :)) )